---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amending the private and out-of-state postsecondary educational institution act to clarify the state board of regents' authority and provide additional student protections and institutional accountability."
description: "Amending the private and out-of-state postsecondary educational institution act to clarify the state board of regents' authority and provide additional student protections and institutional accountability."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 64"
citation: "Kansas SB 64 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-25"
last_action: "2021-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e8fc6d3-8402-4cff-9b28-2cd59199e8b6"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb64"
source_hash: "5995090c1059785962bbd6cdf958d85508ce8f9019352d479ac01a6ba8a21e18"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ks"]
---

# Kansas SB 64 (2021-2022) — Amending the private and out-of-state postsecondary educational institution act to clarify the state board of regents' authority and provide additional student protections and institutional accountability.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **As introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/sb64_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2021** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/sb64_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Passed; — **120–2** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar Passed — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Education — primary (organization)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-01-25** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-01-26** Hearing: Thursday, January 28, 2021, 1:30 PM Room 144-S
- **2021-01-26** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02** Committee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by Committee on Education `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-09** Consent Calendar Passed Yea: 39 Nay: 0
- **2021-02-10** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** Hearing: Wednesday, March 17, 2021, 1:30 PM Room 218-N
- **2021-03-18** Committee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by Committee on Education `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-24** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 120 Nay: 2 `passage`
- **2021-03-26** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 26, 2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-06** Approved by Governor on Friday, April 2, 2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5e8fc6d3-8402-4cff-9b28-2cd59199e8b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).